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Gameday gumbo tomorrow... what chicken should I add?

Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:24 am
Posted by WhiteGramblingGrad72
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:24 am
Cook a whole bird?
Breasts?
Buy a rotisserie?

What’s your preference? I used all breast last time but all the meat being white and too nicely chopped up didn’t look right to me. I liked cooking a whole bird but it takes a while. Rotisserie chicken is too dry to me.
Posted by titmouse
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:25 am to
Buy a rotisserie
Posted by HoustonChick86
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:28 am to
We always do chicken thighs.
Posted by Hat Tricks
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:30 am to
2:1 thigh to breast ratio for however much gumbo you're making.

Brown them with a little bit of oil in the skillet then start building your roux from that. Adds such a different flavor to the gumbo.
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:31 am to
Posted by t00f
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:33 am to
quote:

Deep Purple Haze



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Rotisserie
Posted by Deep Purple Haze
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:34 am to
gm mpt
Posted by t00f
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:38 am to
good morning mfDPH
Posted by WhiteGramblingGrad72
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:40 am to
How do you cook them?
Posted by bnb9433
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:41 am to
boneless chicken thighs
Posted by Rouge
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:41 am to
Smoked thighs
Posted by gumbo2176
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:45 am to
I like using a baking hen for gumbo and soup since they have a richer flavor, but do take a bit longer to cook since they are older and larger birds.

For a quick gumbo, use a rotisserie bird.
Posted by AyyyBaw
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 11:22 am to
Get ya an old cut up hen baw. Put it in earlier than a fryer. The meat will hold together longer.
Posted by Saskwatch
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 11:27 am to
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chicken thighs.


Usually this.

Last time I smoked some Turkey wings and added those to half my portion of chicken. They are cheap and will probably be doing that more often.
Posted by BayouBengal23
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 12:10 pm to
Flavored fresh rotisserie from Albertsons or Rouses. Unreal flavor and boil the bones and extras in your stock.
Posted by ellishughtiger
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 12:29 pm to
Boneless thighs
Posted by Darla Hood
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 1:01 pm to
I do one or two breasts on the bone and maybe four boneless thighs. I debone the breasts once I feel the bones have done their job. I add the boneless thighs to the pot and I don’t put the breast meat back in till it’s almost done.
Posted by SUB
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 1:03 pm to
Most will say bone-in chicken thighs. If you are doing a massive gumbo, it can be a pain in the arse to debone 50 chicken thighs, so keep that in mind. You can make a separate bone broth / stock which chicken necks and use boneless chicken thighs.
Posted by LSUEnvy
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 1:10 pm to
Hen>>>chicken
Posted by Dipper Jones
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 1:37 pm to
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Buy a rotisserie
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